Man throws urine in construction protest

A tenant at a New York City building is in Housing Court after throwing urine onto construction workers below his apartment, the New York Post reported.

Eric Fuchs, who has been in Housing Court many times for non-payment of rent, allegedly tossed his urine off the 10th floor balcony of his apartment to protest the construction below.

Condo conversion has been underway at 230 Riverside Drive, an elegant building with spectacular views of the Hudson. Recent renovations have made it possible to charge as much as $800,000 for a one-bedroom apartment .

The building was completed in 1930 before the skyrocketing of Manhattan real estate prices. Lately, the dust and noise from construction have generated complaints from many of the rent-control tenants, but Fuchs has definitely taken it the farthest.

"He hates the construction," one building employee said of Fuchs. "He's been battling it for a long time."

After police were called on several urine-dumping incidents, building management filed an injunction in Manhattan Supreme Court to prevent Fuchs from throwing bodily fluids or other objects from his balcony.